She finds him in a sickly state and continues to search for a center throughout the Los Angeles area, missing Jack's arrival to the surprise party.

Seth pleads with Katie to buy heroin for him for pain relief, and she gets it in a homeless area near Skid Row, packaged inside six small balloons.

Katie argues with the pharmacist, throwing the bathroom key at the pharmacy door, which sets off the alarm, causing her to run back to the car and drive off.

Katie, no longer burdened by Seth or the hallucinations, steps out of the car onto the street and admires the night sky filled with fireworks.

[2] Samantha Housman, Ross Dinerstein, Channing Tatum, Reid Carolin and Peter Kiernan produced the film under their Campfire and Free Association banners respectively.

The website's critical consensus reads, "Delicately sketched but thematically rich, 6 Balloons rises on Abbi Jacobson's gripping performance -- and marks writer-director Marja-Lewis Ryan as a talent to watch.

[8] Writing for RogerEbert.com, Brian Tallerico gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, highlighting the relationship between Katie and Seth as the movie's strongest aspect.